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	Edward Waring Summary
		Edward Waring was an established 18th-century mathematician and theorist who did groundbreaking work in the areas of imaginary numbers and their roots.
		Waring was born near Shrewsbury in Shropshire, a borough in western England, to John Waring, a wealthy farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth.
		Waring was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1760 until his death.
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	Edward Waring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward Waring (1736 – August 15, 1798) was an English mathematician who was born in Old Heath (near Shrewsbury), Shropshire, England and died in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.
		Waring was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1760 until his death.
		Waring was awarded the Copley Medal in 1784.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Waring (106 words)

	Ivars Peterson's MathTrek
		In 1777, Edward Waring, a practicing physician and mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge, conjectured that something similar could be proved for cubes, fourth powers, and so on.
		Waring had a reputation as a brilliant mathematician deeply concerned about fundamental concepts in mathematics.
		Waring's idea stimulated a great deal of mathematical activity, and key parts of his conjecture remain unproved.
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	Edward Waring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edward Waring (1736-1798) was a mathematician considered worthy of the Lucasian Chair, after the somewhat less-than-stellar performances of the Chair holders following Newton.
		Waring is noteworthy for contributing problems that were theoretical in nature with no practical application.
		Waring wrote in both Latin and English, with little of the Latin translated into English, the exception is his most important work, Meditationes Algebraicae.
	www.lucasianchair.org /waring.html (1386 words)

	A Ware
		Edward Waring (1736 - August 15, 1798) was British mathematician who was born in Old Heath (near Shrewsbury) Shropshire England and died in Pontesbury Shropshire England He was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1760 until his death.
		Chris Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the ''Acme Novelty Library'', and a graphic novel, ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth.'' Born in Nebraska, he currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.
		Ware's art is extremely eclectic in its influence, largely reflecting his love of early-20th century American aesthetics in both cartooning and graphic design.
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	Waring's problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In number theory, Waring's problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s k
		Waring conjectured that these values were in fact the best possible.
		Lagrange's four-square theorem of 1770 states that every natural number is the sum of at most four squares; since three squares are not enough, this theorem establishes g(2) = 4.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waring's_problem (960 words)

	Waring biography
		Waring responded to this criticism on 25 January 1760 with the pamphlet A reply to the observations.
		It would be reasonable to compare Waring with Ruffini who, about 150 years later, suffered the same fate with his work in algebra for much the same reasons.
		Waring was one of the profoundest mathematicians of the eighteenth century; but the inelegance and obscurity of his writings prevented him from obtaining that reputation to which he was entitled.
	www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Biographies/Waring.html (1361 words)

	Waring's problem
		Waring's Problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s k
		The affirmative answer was provided by David Hilbert in 1909.
		The values g(3) = 9 and g(4) = 19 had already been conjectured in 1778 by Waring.
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	Math Trek: Waring Experiments, Science News Online, July 17, 2004
		Earlier the same year, Edward Waring (1736–1798), a practicing physician and mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge, had conjectured that something similar could be proved for cubes, fourth powers, and so on.
		Waring likely arrived at his conjectures about cubes and fourth powers by collecting data and looking for patterns.
		A biography of Edward Waring is available at http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Waring.html.
	www.sciencenews.org /articles/20040717/mathtrek.asp (1207 words)

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		The general question of how many kth power summands are needed to represent all positive integers was announced the same year by Edward Waring in his book Meditationes Algebraicae.
		Waring's problem was extended to number fields shortly before Hilbert's groundbreaking proof in 1909 of the classical problem.
		Soon thereafter, Hilbert and Siegel conjectured that Waring's problem in any number field may be solved with upper bounds roughly equal to those for the rational field.
	www.uncg.edu /mat/talks/morley.html (156 words)

	Paul E. Waring Jr., 74, public relations worker - The Washington Times: Metropolitan - February 24, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Paul Edward Waring Jr., a retired public relations official for Western Electric, died Jan. 13 of a heart attack at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 74.
		Waring was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Air Force and stationed at Stewart Air Force Base in New York during the mid-1950s.
		He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Patricia Thomas Waring of Naples; two sons, Paul Edward Waring III of Montpelier, Vt., and James Merritt Waring of Conyers, Ga.; a daughter, Melinda Waring Smith of Greer, S.C.; a sister, Joanne Waring Karppi of Silver Spring; and seven grandchildren.
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	Edward Waring - rFind.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		Edward W. Said är den palestinske-amerikanske litteraturprofessorn som myntade uttrycket "offrens offer" om det palestinska folket och hans banbrytande bok "Orientalism" från 1978 blev en grundpelare...
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	A Brief History of The Lucasian Professorship
		From the time of Waring, the sixth Chair holder, through Larmor, the fourteenth holder, everyone of the Lucasian professors was the senior wrangler of his class.
		The last professor in the 18th century was Edward Waring assuming the Chair in 1760.
		Waring produced a number of theorems and problems, some without proofs, just statements noting that he knew what was true.
	www.math.ohio-state.edu /~nevai/54x/lucasian.html (4214 words)

	Wilson's Theorem
		In fact this is how the theorem (a conjecture at the time) first appeared in the first edition (1770) of Meditationes Algebraicae by Edward Waring.
		Waring ascribed the result to a student of his John Wilson.
		Waring gave a proof of the theorem in the third edition of Meditationes Algebraicae in 1782.
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	washingtonpost.com: Obituaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Waring, a third-generation Washingtonian, lived in Landsdowne, Pa., for several years in his childhood but returned to the District and graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in 1948.
		Waring worked in public relations for Western Electric in New York, transferred to Atlanta and then to an office in Roswell, Ga. After his retirement, he moved to Florida in 1995.
		Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Patricia Thomas Waring of Naples; three children, Paul Edward Waring III of Montpelier, Vt., Melinda Waring Smith of Greer, S.C., and James Merritt Waring of Conyers, Ga.; a sister, Joanne Waring Karppi of Silver Spring; and seven grandchildren.
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	WARING family history and genealogy information : Waring ancestry links
		(1) - Clem Rutter - Genealogy Simpsons Washbourn Waring - Strood, is in Rochester, Medway Kent.
		Genealogy-Rutters; Genealogy-Charletons; Genealogy-Burdett; Genealogy Simpsons Washbourn Waring; Genealogy-Articles...
		WARING, Benjamin, Merchant, Major, Gentleman, Esq., arrived in Carolina 5/1683; wife named Elizabeth, with one child and 12 servants.
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	Waring's problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In number theory, Waring's Problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whetherfor every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most sk
		Waring conjected thatthese values were in fact the best possible.
		Lagrange's four-square theorem of 1770 states that every natural number is the sum of at most four squares; since threesquares are not enough, this theorem establishes g(2) = 4.
	www.therfcc.org /waring%27s-problem-34824.html (306 words)

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		Eddie Waring - Edward Marsden Waring (Eddie Waring) (died) was...
		The theorem was first published by Edward Waring around 1770 and it was he who attached Wilson's name to the theorem, although it is now known that the result was known to Liebniz, and perhaps was...
		Z Edward Waring Biography Edward Waring (1736 - 1798) - mathematician Edward Waring (1736-1798) was...
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	Edward Bouverie Pusey
		Pusey aged about 75 Edward Bouverie Pusey (August 22, 1800 - September 16, 1882), was an English churchman, and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement.
		He was born in the village of Pusey near Oxford.
		After attending Eton College, Edward became a commoner of Christ Church, and was elected in 1824 to a fellowship at Oriel.
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	Amazon.de: Meditationes Algebraicae: An English Translation of the Work of Edward Waring: English Books: Edward ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Those familiar with symmetric functions in algebra will likely know of the English mathematician Edward Waring, who treated this subject in his 1782 book, Meditationes algebraicae.
		Waring, born in 1734, was appointed Lucasian Professor at Cambridge University at the unusually young ago of twenty-five and was known in his time as a profound and accomplished researcher.
		However, his writings have been nearly inaccessible because of their numerous typographical and printing errors, corrigenda, and addenda, not to mention his own awkward, obscure, and poorly organized writing style.
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	Waring's conjecture
		A hypothesis given, without proof, by the English mathematician Edward Waring (1734-1798) in his Meditationes algebraicae (1770).
		It states that for every number k, there is another number s such that every natural number can be represented as the sum of s kth powers.
		Waring's conjecture was first proved in full by David Hilbert in 1909.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/W/Warings_conjecture.html (145 words)

	Waring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edward Waring practised medicine in various London hospitals, then Cambridge hospital and Huntington hospital.
		The Cauchy ratio test was first discovered by Waring.
		Waring made advances in the theory of numbers.
	202.38.126.65 /mirror/www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Waring.html (262 words)

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		Cassidy, Edward Cecil, Edward Chapman, Edward Cline, Edward Earle, Edward Everett Horton, Edward F. Cline, Edward Finney, Edward G., Edward G. Robinson, Edward Gillace, Edward H. Griffith...
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	Julius Waties Waring : Memory Hold The Door \| USC School of Law
		Julius Waties Waring was born on July 27, 1880 to Edward Perry Waring and Anna Thomasine Waties.
		Judge Waring began practicing law in 1902 in the offices of J.P. Kennedy Bryan in Charleston.
		He was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, practiced in the firm of Waring and Brockinton, was City Attorney for Charleston, and later became the United States District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina until 1952.
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	Amazon.com: "Edward Waring": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The canonical formula for r(n), in Theorem 3.5, also appeared in the 1770 edition of Edward Waring's Meditationes algebraicae without justification, as was Waring's nature.
		Waring, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, succeeded Isaac Barrow, Isaac...
		Edward Waring, Julius's father, had left school early and run away to join the confederate army.
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		`Waring's problem' is a name given to problems which involve representing integers as the sum of perfect powers of other integers.
		In 1770, the mathematician Edward Waring wrote in his book Meditationes Algebraicae that every integer is either a perfect cube or a sum of up to 9 perfect cubes.
		He also stated that every integer is either a perfect fourth power or a sum of up to 19 perfect fourth powers, "and so forth".
	www.math.rochester.edu /undergraduate/sums_02/2002/09/17.html (381 words)

	Edward Waring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edward Waring (1736 - 1798) was a British mathematician who made the assertion known as Waring's Problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae.
		Meditationes Algebraicae: An English Translation of the Work of Edward Waring
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	WARING EDWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edward waring было великобританским mathematician который был рожден в старом heath shropshire Англии и умер в Pontesbury shropshire Англии
		Он сделал заверение после того как он как проблема waring's без доказательства в его сочинительствах Meditationes Algebraicae.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.faktoru.com /wiki/ru/wa/Waring%20Edward.htm (69 words)

	WARING, EDWARD (1734 - 1798) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Waring did not give up his day job as a physician until 1770; in fact, he practiced medicine at several locations including Addenbrooke hospital, which may be familiar to some visitors to Cambridge, England.
		It is stated in Waring's Meditationes Algebraicae that every integer is a sum of not more than 9 cubes, a sum of not more than 19 biquadrates and so forth.
		NOTE: This book is famous because it asked a problem that wasn't solved for more than 199 years.
	www.scs.uiuc.edu /~mainzv/exhibitmath/exhibit/waring.htm (114 words)

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